# Jared Kushner writing a book about the trump administration **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 17, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486 "2021-06-17T20:34:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/1 "2021-06-17T20:34:34Z")
It’s going to be [The Definitive Book](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/jared-kushner-book-deal)! Sheesh, I haven’t looked at a photo of that weenie for months and months. He still makes my skin crawl. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/2 "2021-06-17T22:22:01Z")
I liked Seth Meyer’s take (or was it Colbert): if you thought Kushner was thin, showing the probable thickness of the upcoming book. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/3 "2021-06-17T23:03:33Z")
My favorite quote from that article: > And speaking of Kushner’s father-in-law: In a rare bit of good news, it appears that [no one](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/donald-trump-might-have-to-self-publish-his-presidential-memoir) wants to touch _his_ memoir with a 10,000-foot pole. Y’know what? I think I’m going to just go post that in the “Shadenfreude” thread… ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/4 "2021-06-17T23:41:13Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > Sheesh, I haven’t looked at a photo of that weenie for months and months. He still makes my skin crawl. He’s certainly among [the creepiest Dr. Who antagonists](https://youtu.be/f9HCzAXoDI8). As for the memoirs, I assume it is a coloring book. It should come with an extra Crayon in Pantone 16-1449 hue, because, well, [you know…](https://www.fastcompany.com/3063462/what-pantone-color-is-donald-trump) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/5 "2022-08-17T23:37:45Z")
Ripping on ol’ Jared: [NY Times review of “Breaking History.”](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/17/books/review-breaking-history-jared-kushner.html) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/6 "2022-08-18T00:22:48Z")
“Reading this book reminded me of watching a cat lick a dog’s eye goo.” Urgh. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/7 "2022-08-18T12:47:05Z")
That whole review is hilarious. Definitely worth a read (the review, not the book). ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/8 "2022-08-18T13:26:44Z")
You’d think one of them could hire a good ghostwriter. But they cheap out even at that. … I know, I know, it’s all about fleecing the flock. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/9 "2022-08-18T13:41:02Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > You’d think one of them could hire a good ghostwriter. But they cheap out even at that. > > … I know, I know, it’s all about fleecing the flock. - Since ghostwriters want to be paid in spirits, they couldn’t reach an agreement with any. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/10 "2022-08-18T13:42:36Z")
I read and enjoyed the New York Times review. I don’t plan to read the actual book, though. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/11 "2022-08-18T15:05:33Z")
Oops. I went to Amazon’s site to see how scathing the reviews of purchasers would be (hoping someone like @Ann_Hedonia would post a biting review). Alas, it’s only for pre-order now. I’ll probably get lots of reminders to make sure to buy a copy; I won’t. At least it’s 30% off the list price. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/12 "2022-08-18T16:24:18Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > You’d think one of them could hire a good ghostwriter. But they cheap out even at that. I was confused. He thanked a ghostwriter according to the NY Times review, so you’d think he didn’t write it all himself, yet the review gave the impression that he did. I’m not sure what’s going on. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/13 "2022-08-24T16:53:35Z")
Ok…… I don’t intend to buy this book, I may read it if it comes to Kindle Unlimited. But here’s a NY magazine article that features some of the highlights. Since it may be paywalled, here are my favorite highlights. > **[All the Juicy Gossip From Jared Kushner’s Book](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/jared-kushner-breaking-history-book-gossip.html)** > > Breaking History, the forthcoming memoir from the former First Son-in-Law/top Trump adviser, is brimming with dirt, jabs, and score settling. Trump really had a thing about wanting Ivanka to marry Tom Brady, and he tried to convince the Kush that Brady was a rival for his daughter’s affection. There’s no evidence that Ivanka or Brady ever exhibited the slightest interest in each other. When Trump was informed Ivanka was going to convert to Judaism, his first reaction was “Why can’t you (Jared) convert, but he quickly relented because Jews love Trump and everyone thinks Trump’s Jewish, according to Trump. When Jared decided to propose, he told Trump in advance of his plans, asking him to keep it secret and Trump immediately told Ivanka. Which may be why Jared didn’t tell Trump when he was treated for cancer. Jared thought the thing his dad got arrested for, blackmailing his brother to obstruct a federal investigation, was a “family matter” that should not have been of concern to federal investigators. Jared hated Steve Bannon and John Kelly, especially Kelly. He claims Kelly once shoved Ivanka, a claim that Kelly denies. He was also outraged that Kelly listened in on Trump’s phone calls. And this was my favorite, one of those things that slid under the radar. Jared claims that Trump almost made Chris Christie Secretary of State, but Christie didn’t get the job because he couldn’t stop the publication of his book, which was not flattering to the Kushner family. Jared calls this karma, and Christie getting his payback for persecuting his family. My reaction was “Holy Fuck, did Jared just admit he tried to use the Secretary of State position to bribe Chris Christie into not releasing a book that was personally disfavorable to him? How did the press miss this? Christie denies the story. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/14 "2022-08-26T21:40:35Z")
A review: > **[Will The Real Jared Kushner Please Stand Up](https://vickyward.substack.com/p/will-the-real-jared-kushner-please)** > > In his new memoir, a staggeringly un-self-aware Kushner reveals his true self—perhaps more than he meant to ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/15 "2022-08-29T02:08:11Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > Sheesh, I haven’t looked at a photo of that weenie for months and months. He still makes my skin crawl. > [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > He’s certainly among [the creepiest Dr. Who antagonists](https://youtu.be/f9HCzAXoDI8). > > As for the memoirs, I assume it is a coloring book. It should come with an extra Crayon in Pantone 16-1449 hue, because, well, [you know…](https://www.fastcompany.com/3063462/what-pantone-color-is-donald-trump) Someone here on the SDMB either originated or quoted that Jared and Ivanka would probably look more lifelike as museum wax figures than in real life. And the $2billion investment was a payoff IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/16 "2022-08-29T13:14:48Z")
The [Washington Post review](https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/08/26/jared-kushners-memoir-is-only-inadvertently-revealing/) is also a good read, but I’m said to report that the book is currently an [amazon.com](http://amazon.com) bestseller and has good reviews. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/17 "2022-08-29T16:28:00Z")
What was up with that interview Jared did while promoting the book, where he said that his generation may be either the last one to have to die or the first one to live forever? I read that after that remark was questioned, his publicist claimed the remark was made tongue in cheek and Jared was only suggesting eating better and exercising more. What a novel concept that nobody ever heard of before! Reminds me of how whenever trump was called on his suggestion that maybe he could have three terms or be president forever, he’d then claim it was only a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/18 "2022-08-29T18:44:20Z")
Well, it will be awhile before he becomes a real boy, so… ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/19 "2022-08-30T17:35:08Z")
[This CNN opinion piece about the Kushner book](https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/29/opinions/jared-kushner-book-memoir-trump-bergen/index.html) is an amusing read-- it focuses on the ridiculous extent to which he stuffs and puffs up his rep as a diplomatic genius in the book, vs. the reality of what actually happened. Excerpts: > Jared Kushner has written a book about his internship, modestly titled “Breaking History,” in which he casts himself as a diplomatic genius – a latter-day [Metternich](https://www.britannica.com/summary/Klemens-von-Metternich) with a solid dose of Henry Kissinger thrown in. > > Describing his time in government, he writes: “Humbled by the complexity of the task, I orchestrated some of the most significant breakthroughs in diplomacy in the last fifty years.” And that’s just in the preface. The nearly 500 pages that follow are rife with this kind of self-congratulatory puffery. > On NAFTA, which Trump called “the worst trade deal ever,” Kushner inserted himself into the re-negotiations around the trade accord. > > But, in the end, the deal that he struck, which was rebranded as the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA),was a lot like the old NAFTA. > > […] > > Kushner presented the USMCA as momentous (“I helped renegotiate the largest trade deal in history”) despite the fact that the changes between NATFA and USMCA were “mostly cosmetic,” according to a Brookings Institution analysis of the new deal. Or, this example, in which the article allows that Kushner gets some credit for the Abraham Accords, though the accomplishment pales in comparison to the 1978 Camp David Accords. It concludes the point with this (bolded italics mine): > The UAE and Bahrain, meanwhile, had never fought a war with Israel, and the fact that they normalized relations with the Jewish state was more about creating a coalition against their common enemy Iran than Kushner’s brilliant negotiations. _ **Yet, Kushner recounts his role with blustering bravado: “Getting this deal done was like trying to land a plane on an aircraft carrier in the middle of a storm.” Alrighty.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486/20 "2022-08-30T22:24:53Z")
Kushner had a second thyroid surgery last week: > **[Kushner has second thyroid surgery, full recovery expected](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/kushner-has-second-thyroid-surgery-full-recovery-expected-2022-08-30/)** > > Jared Kushner, the son-in-law and former senior adviser to ex-President Donald Trump, underwent a second thyroid surgery late last week, a person close to Kushner said on Tuesday. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-writing-a-book-about-the-trump-administration/944486.md?page=2)